Surah al-Fil (105:2)

The Surah reminds about the event when the Ka’bah was attacked by an army from the Southern part of Arabia, but Allah destroyed this army. It is the same God who protected the Ka’bah, His message is now presented by Prophet Muhammad (saw).

This Surah takes its name from the first Ayat, أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ "Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?" [105:1]. The word "elephant" only appears in this Surah and nowhere else in the Qur'an.

There are 5 Ayat in this Surah.

The Surah reminds about the event when the Ka’bah was attacked by an army from the Southern part of Arabia, but Allah destroyed this army. It is the same God who protected the Ka’bah, His message is now presented by Prophet Muhammad (saw).

This Surah takes its name from the first Ayat, أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ "Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?" [105:1]. The word "elephant" only appears in this Surah and nowhere else in the Qur'an.

There are 5 Ayat in this Surah.

If this Surah is studied in the light of the historical details as given above, one can fully well understand why in this Surah only God’s inflicting His punishment on the people of the elephant has been referred and described so briefly. It was an event of recent occurrence, and everyone in Makkah and Arabia was fully aware of it. The Arabs believed that the Ka’bah had been protected in this invasion not by any God or Goddess but by God Almighty Himself. Then God alone had been invoked by the Quraysh chiefs for help, and for quite a few years the people of Quraysh having been impressed by this event, had worshipped none but God. Therefore, there was no need to mention the details, but only a reference to it was enough so that the people of Quraysh, in particular, and the people of Arabia, in general, should consider well in their hearts the message that the Prophet Muhammad was giving. For the only message that he gave was that they should worship and serve none but God, the Only and One. Then, they should also consider that if they used force to suppress this invitation to the truth, they would only be inviting the wrath of God, Who had so completely routed and destroyed the people of the elephants.

If this Surah is studied in the light of the historical details as given above, one can fully well understand why in this Surah only God’s inflicting His punishment on the people of the elephant has been referred and described so briefly. It was an event of recent occurrence, and everyone in Makkah and Arabia was fully aware of it. The Arabs believed that the Ka’bah had been protected in this invasion not by any God or Goddess but by God Almighty Himself. Then God alone had been invoked by the Quraysh chiefs for help, and for quite a few years the people of Quraysh having been impressed by this event, had worshipped none but God. Therefore, there was no need to mention the details, but only a reference to it was enough so that the people of Quraysh, in particular, and the people of Arabia, in general, should consider well in their hearts the message that the Prophet Muhammad was giving. For the only message that he gave was that they should worship and serve none but God, the Only and One. Then, they should also consider that if they used force to suppress this invitation to the truth, they would only be inviting the wrath of God, Who had so completely routed and destroyed the people of the elephants.

• Surah al-Fil [105] and al-Quraish [106] - The incident of the Elephant was related to what happened to the tribe of the Quraish and the following Surah is also about the Quraish.

• Surah al-Fil [105] and al-Quraish [106] - The incident of the Elephant was related to what happened to the tribe of the Quraish and the following Surah is also about the Quraish.

The word "elephant" only appears in this Surah and nowhere else in the Qur'an.

The word "elephant" only appears in this Surah and nowhere else in the Qur'an.

• An example that Allah can save His house (Al-Ka'bah) by destroying an army of 60,000 with elephants, through a flock of birds. 

• An example that Allah can save His house (Al-Ka'bah) by destroying an army of 60,000 with elephants, through a flock of birds. 

• Surah 105. Al-Fil - Saad al Ghamidi  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6hn4EM9BJ8&list=PLhM2xiAUdw2cAqW_o3zZkbhJNw0bnaBZN&index=105
• Surah 105. Al-Fil Mahmoud Khalil Al Hussary  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlA10sQvsFM&index=105&list=PLxpAkjlGauHfMFWX22VZWOKpzjr-vH_BM​
• Surah 105. Al-Fil Muhammad Al Luhaydan  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHwhlsIcGLY&index=105&list=PLxpAkjlGauHfKAYuQLRNAZomoezhfhRZe
• Surah 105. Al-Fil  Idris Akbar  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooyBQ9Zt5IU&index=75&list=PLZH6sOiOuaDZFls6OaNna68fGgDtm-tOO​ 
• Surah 105. Al-Fil Muhammad Minshawi  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PUa7t9So1E&list=PLxpAkjlGauHdUcO_uc-8F8J2NUQRDZjPG&index=105​